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. BEER COOLER. APPLIUATION FILED DEO. 12, 1911. EENEWED PEB. 17, 1913.

Patented Oct. 28, 1913.

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FERDINAND TUREK, F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

Application led December 12,

Specication of Letters Patent. 1911, Serial No. 665,204. RenewedFebruary 17, 1913.

Patented Got. 23, 1913. serial No. 749,027.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, FERDINAND TUREK, citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Beer-Coolers, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to beer coolers, rerigerators and the like, andespecially to a device for maintaining water at a certain height in thecooler.

It is designed as an improvement of the invention shown in my Patent No.1,035,923, granted to me Aug. 20, 1912.

The object of the invention is to provide improved means for regulatingthe outflow of waste water resulting from the melting of ice in thecooler, the intent being to Amainotherwise.

tain the water in the lower part of the cooler, at a desired depth. Y Y

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which-Figure l is a sectional view of a cooler box. Fig. 2 is a detail invertical ksection of the adjustable waste outlet.

Referring speciiically to the drawings, 6 indicates the box of thecooler and 7 are the beer inlets to the cooling coils 9.

8- is a perforated supporting the ice.

18 is a 'waste pipe leading to the sewer or .The mouth of this pipe isprovided with a removable pipe section 11 which is tapered at the bottomto form a plug iitting in the hole in the bottom of theA box, leading'to the waste pipe. makes the plug water tight. y

12 is an adjustable pipe section which slides up and down in the pipe11, with a water tight joint produced by the packing 13. The pipe 12 hasat the top a flange 1,9 to prevent it dropping down too far and toenable it to be grasped yto be easily raised and lowered.

10 is a casing or sleeve surrounding the pipe 12. This is mounted at itslower end on the pipe 11, so that it will remain in position thereon,the bottom having holes 16 to permit inflow of water.V The top has holesla and also serves to prevent pieces of ice dropping into the shell 10.A pipe 15 is supported in the top of the casing 10, in po- Packingl 17plate or false bottom fory sition above the pipe 12, and this pipe l5may be connected to a drip pipe from the drippings pan 30 in the top ofthe counter or bar or otherwise arranged to receive the drippings fromthe bar.

In order for water to escape from the boX it must flow into the casing1() and then down through the pipes l2 and l1, and obviously the heightof water will be controlled by the height or adjustment of the pipe l2.rlhis may be regulated as desired, and as the water rises it willoverflow into the pipe 12 and thence out to waste. The bar drippingsthrough the pipe 15 will also drop into the waste pipe. Owing to thecontinual flow of water through the outlet devices the tendency of thepipes tobecome coated or clogged with slime from the bar drippings willbe avoided, and small pieces o ice cannot enter and clog the outlet. Blifting the device and pulling out the plug at the bottom of the pipe 1lall the water in the box may be run off to waste.

l/Vhat I claim is:

1. An outlet device for'beer coolers or the like,` comprising an outletpipe located in the bottom of the cooler and leading to a waste pipetherefrom, a perforated casing surrounding said pipe and having a topcovering the'upper end thereof, and a drippings pipe supported by thetop of said casing and' arranged to discharge into said pipe.

2. The combination with the box of a beer cooler or the like, and aWaste outlet in the bottom thereof, of a lower pipe section having aplug fitting in said outlet, an upper pipe section mounted on the lowerpipe section and adjustable vertically to govern the depth oi water inthe box, a perforated casing surrounding said sections, and a drippingspipe extending through the top of said casing, and supported thereby inposition to discharge into said adjustable section.

In testimony whereof I do aiiiX my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

FERDINAND TUREK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

